Study Of The Protection And Management Of Cultural Lines

The Silk Road is not only a very important route for trade and transportation, but also a bridge for cultural and technological communication. It is almost 4000 kilometre in China section and there are abundant of archaeological sites and monuments along the route. In 1987, the project of Intergral research of the SR:the dialog road" was organized by the UNSECO, which make the Silk Road coming back to the research area. In 2006, the serial nomination of SR is in process, which make more and more Chinese academics are concerned on the research of the cultural route.Lots of books and monographs about Silk Road are published in recent years. However, as a typical Cultural Route, it is a new research area which has lots of questions need to take. This dissertation will be based on the significant of the Silk Roads, and will discuss three main questions about the significant. After the comparative study and case study, problems will be work out.First of all, what elements will compose the Silk Road significant is a core question in the cultural route and Silk Roads research. This dissertation will discuss which aspects will make an impact on the Silk Road significant. And through case study, the main physical and intangible elements which composed of this Road will be found out.Secondly, how to management and conservation the Silk Route significant is also a key question in the cultural route research. Now in the Chinese heritage management system, sites and monuments will belongs to different government departments and it is not a valid coordination mechanism between those departments, this problem is more serious in the cultural route. The dissertation will through the case study to found out the way to cover this gap.Furthermore, besides the whole Road management, the single element conservation and management is also important thing for the whole roads significant maintenance. In this dissertation, the stakeholder approach will be used in the single site and monument management and conservation.Moreover, the sustainable development is the main purpose of the site conservation and management. Through the heritage tourism and other approaches the will attain varied functions of the Silk Road. The authenticity is the key element in the road significant and heritage. What might explain differences between Chinese and Western approaches to the concepts of authenticity, and how might such understandings influence future approaches to the application of authenticity criteria in China is also a main question in cultural heritage management...